Rails spinoffs - Sep 2005 - script.aculo.us 1.5 release candidate 1

So, the first script.aculo.us 1.5 release candidate is out!

Important changes and fixes from 1.5_pre4 (for a detailed list, see  
the CHANGELOG file):

* Droppables w/greedy and hoverclass are now reverted when dragged  
item is no longer over them, fixes #2184
* Let Effect.Highlight correctly parse IE colors, add  
String.prototype.parseColor() for this, fixes #2037
* Make scriptaculous.js work if a query strings are used when calling it
* Fixed a bug with Safari and the InPlaceEditor with form submission.  
Add support for interpreting simple <BR>s into linebreaks. [Jon Tirsen]
* New Control.Slider() for horizontal and vertical sliders [Marty  
Haught]
* Autoapplying a ''layout'' on IE with Effect.Opacity on
elements that
have no Layout
* Make Effect.Parallel render final frames and call beforeFinish/ 
afterFinish on included effects
* Added focusing the text field or text area created when using  
Ajax.InPlaceEditor #2126 [thx to Lee Mallabone]
* Fixed Element.Class.childrenWith not returning the correct elements  
#2120 [cmees AT rogers DOT com]
* Fix issues with form elements inside draggables not clickable with  
Firefox #2129
* Make effects "stateless" by cleaning up element.style after finish  
of effect #2133 [[Martin Bialasinski]
* Add "internal" events to effects, to make them more easily  
extendable [Martin Bialasinski]
* Controls.js Autocompleter.Base.updateElement() hook #2116 [Rob Wills]
* Refactoring to use the Prototype enumerable extensions
* Update to Prototype 1.4.0_pre4

Please test, test, test, write patches, contribute documentation,  
etc. etc. :)

Thomas

Thomas Fuchs (thomas@fesch.at) wrote:
> So, the first script.aculo.us 1.5 release candidate is out!
> ...
> * Update to Prototype 1.4.0_pre4
The Prototype 1.4.0_pre4 that''s in the Prototype repository is not the
same
as the one distributed with this release.

And, Prototype is up to 1.4.0_pre6 as of today, and the hacks that have been
made in the bundled prototype.js library are not yet in the official
Prototype 1.4.0_pre4, 5 or 6 packages.

Is script.aculo.us forking Prototype?

If not, the discrepancies between the Prototype 1.4.0_pre4 statement in the
release, and the actual version in this location:
http://dev.conio.net/repos/prototype/pkg/prototype-1.4.0_pre4.tar.gz

... Are very confusing to the outside observer like myself.

Looks like Sam is releasing versions today -- is it possible to sync these
issues up to get everyone on the same page?

-Clay

-- 
Killersoft.com

Didn''t reply to the whole list on first try, so here it goes:

Am 26.09.2005 um 00:26 schrieb Clay Loveless:

> The Prototype 1.4.0_pre4 that''s in the Prototype repository is not
> the same
> as the one distributed with this release.
> And, Prototype is up to 1.4.0_pre6 as of today, and the hacks that  
> have been
> made in the bundled prototype.js library are not yet in the official
> Prototype 1.4.0_pre4, 5 or 6 packages.
>
> Is script.aculo.us forking Prototype?
>
No. But because both Prototype and script.aculo.us are currently in
development slight differences can occur. :)

> If not, the discrepancies between the Prototype 1.4.0_pre4  
> statement in the
> release, and the actual version in this location:
> http://dev.conio.net/repos/prototype/pkg/prototype-1.4.0_pre4.tar.gz
> ... Are very confusing to the outside observer like myself.
>
> Looks like Sam is releasing versions today -- is it possible to  
> sync these
> issues up to get everyone on the same page?
>
Providing Prototype in the downloadable package is just for ''preview  
release''
convenience, the final script.aculo.us 1.5 package won''t include the  
prototype.js file.

Hope that clarifies things. Btw, success/bug reports on using  
script.aculo.us V1.5_rc1
with Prototype 1.4.0_pre6 are welcome. :) My tests with it indicate that
  everything seems to work just fine. :)

Thomas

Hi,

I just downloaded the new release of the prototype library and scriptaculous
library.

On using these with the code that earlier worked, I am getting JS errors now.

The following code worked fine with earlier prototype version but with Version:
''1.4.0_pre6'', I am not able to get it to work.

Error from Firefox Console:

Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80040111
(NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIXMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader]"  nsresult:
"0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame ::
http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js :: anonymous :: line 532" 
data: no]
Source File: http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js
Line: 532


Clicking this goes to the following -
  evalJSON: function() {
    var json = this.transport.getResponseHeader(''X-JSON''),
object; [THIS LINE]

Code:

<html>

  <head>
    <title>AJAX Usage</title>
    <script src="javascripts/prototype.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="javascripts/scriptaculous.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <script type="text/javascript"
language="javascript">
	  // <![CDATA[

        var opt = {

	      // Use POST
	      method: ''post'',

	      // Send this lovely data
	      postBody: ''state=YT'',

	      // Handle successful response
	      onSuccess: function(t) {
	          alert(t.responseText);
	      },

	      // Handle 404
	      on404: function(t) {
	          alert(''Error 404: location "'' + t.statusText +
''" was not found.'');
	      },

	      // Handle other errors
	      onFailure: function(t) {
	          alert(''Error '' + t.status + '' --
'' + t.statusText);
	      }
	  }

	  new Ajax.Request(''http://hydws0011/ajax/php/handler.php'',
opt);

	  // ]]>
	</script>

  </body>

</html>

What am I doing wrong?

Is it something to do with JSON?

Thanks,
Mandy.

Hi !

Maninder, Singh said the following on 2005-09-26 04:44:
> Error from Firefox Console:
> 
> Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80040111
(NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIXMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader]"  nsresult:
"0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame ::
http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js :: anonymous :: line 532" 
data: no]
> Source File: http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js
> Line: 532
> 
> 
> Clicking this goes to the following -
>   evalJSON: function() {
>     var json =
this.transport.getResponseHeader(''X-JSON''), object; [THIS
LINE]
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Is it something to do with JSON?
Don''t know, but I have the same error.  For the moment, I updated to 
r2343 of prototype.js.  That did the trick.

Bye,
Fran?ois

Even I reverted back to the previous version of prototype and it worked!

But, can someone help us fix this issue? Otherwise, being on the previous
version we won''t be able to take advantage of the new features that
prototype library has to offer. Does JSON have any dependency - that is, in the
new version of prototype there are references to JSON - do we need something for
it?

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[mailto:rails-spinoffs-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org]On Behalf Of
Fran?ois Beausoleil
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:19 AM
To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: Re: [Rails-spinoffs] [ANN] script.aculo.us 1.5 release
candidate 1


Hi !

Maninder, Singh said the following on 2005-09-26 04:44:
> Error from Firefox Console:
> 
> Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80040111
(NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIXMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader]"  nsresult:
"0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame ::
http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js :: anonymous :: line 532" 
data: no]
> Source File: http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js
> Line: 532
> 
> 
> Clicking this goes to the following -
>   evalJSON: function() {
>     var json =
this.transport.getResponseHeader(''X-JSON''), object; [THIS
LINE]
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Is it something to do with JSON?
Don''t know, but I have the same error.  For the moment, I updated to 
r2343 of prototype.js.  That did the trick.

Bye,
Fran?ois

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Hi,

I couldn''t find anything documented on the script.aculo.us page,  
therefore I thought I would ask here.

I am looking into using the sorted list function for, yes you guessed  
it, sorting lists. Moving elements within a list or between two  
different lists works like a charm. Great stuff. However, moving an  
element into a nested list doesn''t seem to be implemented at the  
moment. I''ve seen some comment about a parameter called
"tree", and
the comment said "to do". Therefore I guess it is on the way.

I was wondering what the problem is with moving elements into a  
nested list. Is there a description of the problem somewhere?

Cheers,
Jens

Has anyone successfully used a sortable in a scrolled
div(autoflow:auto;)?  I''ve found if you scroll down and try to drag
something out of the div, it jumps down the screen as soon as it leaves
the scrolled div.  If the div is scrolled enough, it disappears
completely.  It seems like the item moves down as far as the div has
been scrolled so I''m sure that is somehow related.

Despite it disappearing, it still seems to drop correctly, however I
don''t think anyone would have the common sense to think something that
just jumped off the screen is still working.  I think this hint''s that
this kind of thing could be easily fixed.


Another bug i noticed.  Lets say you have a scrollable div above
another.  The top div has say, 3 rows of items.  If you try to sort the
bottom sortable, objects start appearing in the div on the top.  It
seems even though the div is scrolling, the drop zone becomes as large
as the space the images would take up if they werent scrolling and this
runs behind the bottom div.

I think if these things were fixed sortables would become a very
powerful tool.  It seems like everytime I get an idea for a really cool
thing to do with them, it doesn''t work for some reason or another.

Joe

For the time being, you can patch your prototype.js 1.4.0_pre6 file  
with:

   evalJSON: function() {
     var object;
     try {
       var json = this.transport.getResponseHeader(''X-JSON'');
       if(json) object = eval(json);
     } catch (e) { }
     return object;
   },

You can send JSON along your response with a call like

headers[''X-JSON''] =
%q!{''A'':"B",''C'':[1,null,3,"ABC",{"D":
56,"E":"JSON"}]}!

in your controller.

Note that there''s a ruby-json gem to help you serialize Ruby objects  
into JSON,
try "gem install ruby-json". See the included  rdocs for more info.

Thomas

Am 27.09.2005 um 07:06 schrieb Maninder, Singh:
> Even I reverted back to the previous version of prototype and it  
> worked!
>
> But, can someone help us fix this issue? Otherwise, being on the  
> previous version we won''t be able to take advantage of the new  
> features that prototype library has to offer. Does JSON have any  
> dependency - that is, in the new version of prototype there are  
> references to JSON - do we need something for it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rails-spinoffs-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org
> [mailto:rails-spinoffs-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org]On Behalf Of
> Fran?ois Beausoleil
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:19 AM
> To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject: Re: [Rails-spinoffs] [ANN] script.aculo.us 1.5 release
> candidate 1
>
>
> Hi !
>
> Maninder, Singh said the following on 2005-09-26 04:44:
>
>> Error from Firefox Console:
>>
>> Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80040111
>> (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIXMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader]"   
>> nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location:
"JS
>> frame :: http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js ::  
>> anonymous :: line 532"  data: no]
>> Source File: http://hydws0011/ajax/javascripts/prototype.js
>> Line: 532
>>
>>
>> Clicking this goes to the following -
>>   evalJSON: function() {
>>     var json =
this.transport.getResponseHeader(''X-JSON''), object;
>> [THIS LINE]
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Is it something to do with JSON?
>>

Thomas,

I see that you have added a patch for this and given a new release prototype.js
1.4.0_pre7.

I just updated to it.

Now it works fine for me in Firefox / Opera but is not working fine in IE.

Did you check on IE?

Please let me know.

Thank you,
Mandy.



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rails-spinoffs-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org]On Behalf Of Thomas
Fuchs
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:23 PM
To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: Re: [Rails-spinoffs] [ANN] script.aculo.us 1.5 release
candidate 1


For the time being, you can patch your prototype.js 1.4.0_pre6 file  
with:

   evalJSON: function() {
     var object;
     try {
       var json = this.transport.getResponseHeader(''X-JSON'');
       if(json) object = eval(json);
     } catch (e) { }
     return object;
   },

_pre7 is the latest dev release from the prototype site.

Do you have any specific information ob this not working in IE, any  
errors or so?
Can you put up a live test page where this happens?

This would be of great help! :)

Thomas

Am 27.09.2005 um 17:00 schrieb Maninder, Singh:
> Thomas,
>
> I see that you have added a patch for this and given a new release  
> prototype.js 1.4.0_pre7.
>
> I just updated to it.
>
> Now it works fine for me in Firefox / Opera but is not working fine  
> in IE.
>
> Did you check on IE?
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Thank you,
> Mandy.
>

Using Microsoft Script Debugger (which is useless :) I get the following error:

Line 438:
Error: Object doesn''t support this property or method.

var Ajax = {
  getTransport: function(ajaxRequest) {
    var transport = Try.these(
      function() {return new ActiveXObject(''Msxml2.XMLHTTP'')},
      function() {return new
ActiveXObject(''Microsoft.XMLHTTP'')},
      function() {return new XMLHttpRequest()}
    );
    transport.ajaxRequest = ajaxRequest; //THIS IS THE LINE WHERE THE ERROR IS
    return transport;
  }
}

It takes me to the following code and highlights
transport.ajaxRequest=ajaxRequest;

Everything for me is on localhost so I can''t offer a link.

I''ll put something up at some place in some time.

Thank you,
Mandy.

I use this to make a tree structure with scriptadelicious
<div id="tree">
<ul>
  <li>
     <ul>
       <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
       <li>dragable & droppable zone with the actual text </li>
       <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
     </ul>
  <li>
  <li>
     <ul>
       <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
       <li>dragable & droppable zone with the actual text
             <ul>
               <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
              <li>dragable & droppable zone with the actual text
</li>
              <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
             </ul>
        </li>
       <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
     </ul>
  <li>
  <li>
     <ul>
       <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
       <li>dragable & droppable zone with the actual text </li>
       <li>droppable zone 2px height </li>
     </ul>
  <li>
</ul>
</div>

the PHP reply by the complete set of the tree.

Hope that can help.

Thomas R.

On 27/09/05, Jens Schumacher <jens.schumacher@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I couldn''t find anything documented on the script.aculo.us page,
> therefore I thought I would ask here.
>
> I am looking into using the sorted list function for, yes you guessed
> it, sorting lists. Moving elements within a list or between two
> different lists works like a charm. Great stuff. However, moving an
> element into a nested list doesn''t seem to be implemented at the
> moment. I''ve seen some comment about a parameter called
"tree", and
> the comment said "to do". Therefore I guess it is on the way.
>
> I was wondering what the problem is with moving elements into a
> nested list. Is there a description of the problem somewhere?
>
> Cheers,
> Jens
> _______________________________________________
> Rails-spinoffs mailing list
> Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
>

That was a bug in _pre7 of Prototype. The new SVN trunk
of script.aculo.us features an updated version (from the prototype  
site),
where this problem shouldn''t occur.

Thomas

Am 27.09.2005 um 17:45 schrieb Maninder, Singh:
> Using Microsoft Script Debugger (which is useless :) I get the  
> following error:
>
> Line 438:
> Error: Object doesn''t support this property or method.
>
> var Ajax = {
>   getTransport: function(ajaxRequest) {
>     var transport = Try.these(
>       function() {return new
ActiveXObject(''Msxml2.XMLHTTP'')},
>       function() {return new
ActiveXObject(''Microsoft.XMLHTTP'')},
>       function() {return new XMLHttpRequest()}
>     );
>     transport.ajaxRequest = ajaxRequest; //THIS IS THE LINE WHERE  
> THE ERROR IS
>     return transport;
>   }
> }
>
> It takes me to the following code and highlights  
> transport.ajaxRequest=ajaxRequest;
>
> Everything for me is on localhost so I can''t offer a link.
>
> I''ll put something up at some place in some time.
>
> Thank you,
> Mandy.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails-spinoffs mailing list
> Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
>

Thank you very much. Just checked it out.

Things are back to normal :)

-Mandy.

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[mailto:rails-spinoffs-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org]On Behalf Of Thomas
Fuchs
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:36 PM
To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: Re: [Rails-spinoffs] [ANN] script.aculo.us 1.5 release
candidate 1


That was a bug in _pre7 of Prototype. The new SVN trunk
of script.aculo.us features an updated version (from the prototype  
site),
where this problem shouldn''t occur.

Thomas